Continuous filter



-3,1943- A. H. SCHUTTE 2,325,635

CONTINUOUS FILTER Original Filed Feb. 25, 1939 2. Sheets-Sheet 1 I 40 r M11 a 3M 77 Jmz [fife/772642032 Wax INVENTOR Aug. 3, 1943. A. H. SCHUTTE 2,325,635

' CONTINUOUS FILTER Original Filed Feb. 25, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR a centrifugal filtering device which is adapt rie but-we .cqane tlen wwlmfie mm re muat kawe m w r m wmm 01 n w arran ement;

ls i tmi My v s ntj ntwqrelat q nimnmvem g.

scharge fi t qak utbdm l am In 1 tin usly wh e ra ion; an? 9 129 m lt. tlfl q l m hits he first eliiulsioniis'intmducedw The cake lsicontinuoiisly dischtiiigedbyfthe autogenousdisplacementoi the lightcakdbi frlatively heavy 'slui'ryjandi is removed Etna" is: andsc'ol iected ii-in 7 time scaletfinlrllhtfil'hiogflnlshedJoOthioilis i'e gz mealatt rlsxla aa mums sa ba removed. a QGIZf IOm tDE uppenlportiomoi mtemgthei :Jlishingcitz theufllter cake 7;;at1hannli isusuallydouridtdesirabl; "The crudewsaleiwaiiccllected' atjl mi'slpreiere j mistreatedi,againgbwra-einlilsifying,rwithw inert gas, on airiat "10 and and inonwsolvent 1 liquidlor. water: nemy; l l 'andzlthe en ul siomls' aims wougm amsatmwtiiessem Ondffllter generallylr to :at lilix'Thisl' is V '1 similarly jacketed to Iacilitatethe temperature con't iol andjiis" pmviaeai wahwi h nozzles at as .andBL,

o 7 1 n the secondfllten theflnished wax is amass. ascake at and thef cycle filtrate is removed at 81. Thetemperature control andwash meing device 92,and=the emulsion, whichdischarges j 'tliiclgnessi means. twain-mime cfidisfiheme of the cake saidmeanscomprising a valve cony I A diurn permit precise control of the quality oi the g i flnalwax. L j The cycle flltratesl trom thesecond filter at 8"| 1 I and from'the first filterat I: arethen combined and emulsified with an inert gasjsuch as air, at A and with a non-solvent andimmiscible liquid, l suchaswatenat BI and passed through the mixthrough valve 93;"is discharged into the first,

filter through line 94. In'thlscase,'howeyer, this, 1 recycle emulsionis introduccdat a'point some-' what higher than theslack WSIX BmUISlOII. A

i disc 95 maintains this Ieedatfthe desiredleyel,

' As previously pointed out, the recycle emul-f I slon, having been mainl Ireedj'of foots oil in the first filtration, is hoflsubject to oil solubilityfl loss as it is above the point of; initial feed and has'substatnially the same characteristics as the ffilterl cake at such zone. Recycling not only adds to the complete separationlot finished wax from I example.of1 thelproducts whichiIhave' it ohtained pl'ij a two-stage operationjI show the ollowingz Feeding "F rinelting point slack" f .waxi thefinished foots oil'f from the first machine ,isk85v to90 F. melting point. The crudescale wax isabout 124"F; to 1255i. melting poln't, and" a irom this is'iproduced a finished waxhaving the 7 desired-133 to'133.5."fF. melting pointl While I haveshowma preferred formyof em bodiment of my invention, I amaware that modi flcations may be madetheretoj and I,- therefore,

desire a broad interpretationiof my invention 1 within the scope and spirit of the description I herein and of'theclaims appended hereinaifter,

I claim:

e wwmcpmmwi;his 1 s m emmsian and.;;: k

the filter cake presenton the filter;

9 m enaretinaaseeeiilsme tl s 5 1 m nt y x emulsion-th me mtheiemflta ,%I1E1. I,

; fiitertmeamitol epara e; the liq trolling therate of feed ofcmulsion tothe cent'rifugal filter means, means towash said'cakeduring J an immiscible and non-solvent liquid material and y foots oil, but when accomplished as here pointed 'out, there is no tendend to contaminate the foots T oilahd maximum yields, with a minimum of cirf culation,,are possible. 1

Apparatusior' separating afhigh melting point wax from roots? oil in slaclrwaxtwhich comprises'grneans to form an emulsionof the 1* slack'wax, centrifugal flltermeans to separates crude scalewax a's filter-cake from the -ifoots 011, means to wash the: cake to form a waxeous 2 :cut as aicyuemtrate' 'w e the crude scale ,Ioots oil, ,means to? collect;- the cycle filtrate, means to emulsify the an inert'gas, solidifying the desiredtwaxes in the n emulsion by cooling the emulsion toa temperature below "themelting point "thereof, and continiiously centrifuging a continuous stream of the. cooled emulsion; to Iorni a porous wax cakefof substantially the desiredmeltin point characteb istics; the continuity of the feed stream" causing a continuousvdischarge of the cake as an annular mass due to the resultant of forces thereon caused 56 by the difference densities of the cake and the emulsion feed.

4.The method of continuously separating a1 Xspecified melting point wax from a mixture of :various waxes orIwaxes and oils; whichfcomprises 7 the steps of emulsifying the wax solution with animmiscible and: non-solvent liquid material and an inert gas, Icoolingfthe emulsion to precipi-T tate the specified melting point wax, continuously a V filtering a continuous stream of the cooled emulsion under centrifugal force inst-centrifugal} \fllter to forma porous wax cake of substantially the desired melting point characteristics on the n filter wall andi continuing the feedofemulsionto cause.a\oontinuous discharge .of the cake as an 1 annular mass due to theresultant of forces there? on caused by the difierence in densities of the cakeand the emulsion feed.y o 5. The m'ethod of continuously removing a3 specified melting "point wax asclaimedin claim 4, which includes washing the cakeduring its moyev ment to the discharge pointand'separatelycol? y lectin'g a materialintermediate in melting point Y between "the liquid filtrate and the cake. i $6. The method of continuously removing .Yjaw w specified meltingpoint wax asclaimed in clairn' -i,

which includeswashing the cake during-its move;

' 3. The method of 'continuouslyyremoving a specified melting point wax from a mixture of various waxes or waxes 'andoilsfwhich comprises I v the steps offlemulsifying the wax solution with: i

I merit to the'dischaige-point, 'separatelyfcollecting than the slurry ahd beinggdirectl'y supported r a material intermediate in melting point between 7." The 'meth od -ofcontinuous1yfilteringsa high meltingfp'oint wax from lower meltinig'point waxes which comprises emulsifying thewaxeous mixture withaniimmiscible and non-solvent liquid and an inert-gas,"-ccoling said emulsion to solidify a part of the-wax; feeding said emulsion as a slurry to'a basket centrifugalfilteradjacent theclosed end thereof, said filter being within afiltrate collectidn=housing-,---rotating said filterto form a porous 7 War; cakeon-tht-z-wall thereofbythe centrifugal ,20 tinuous'yield of alowgmelting point-footsoil and a removal-of 'the liquid constituents 30f the emulsion 1 through the solid pafr ticles of 'thecak'e* and through the filter mediumsaid cake being lighter the" liquid flfiltrate and the cake, re-mulsifying saidintefmediate meltingjpointmaterial; cooling said T e-emulsified material and introducing said cooled re emulsifiedmaterial to the centrifugal filter at-'a zone 'of' comparativeequality of composition "ofjthe'filtrable liquid in the re-cycledemulsion anld in the filter-cake present on the the 'filter wall, removing vthe filtratewithout perinittingits accumulation-inthe housing and continuously feeding additional emulsion to I dis chargeixthewaxe cakelas an annular mass sub? point waxfrom footstoili and slackvwax' which comprises means to form an emulsion oi the slack wax centrifugal filtersmean s to separate a crude scale waxas'filter cakefromthe lfoots oil, means .to' wash the cakeltogiorm a'waxeous cut as a cycle scale wax and'footsoil, means to collect the-cycle filtrate, and. conduit means to recycle the cycle 7 filtrate back to saidfilter meansfwherebyt a. con:-

c'rudefscalei. wax is produced. .1 1;;

-Aueusi nnnnisoiro 'ri'n 

